The Independent Variable
The Independent Variable
Kevin Humdrum
Welcome to The Independent Variable, the official linkblog of the interwebs covering culture, politics, sports, and tech since 2012.
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My name is Brie and I'm really excited to be joining The Independent Variable! Given my interests, I'll be sharing links about infosec, leadership, web development and emoji. I also really enjoy testing and recommending useful and...
DeadlineO’Keefe, who is Black, says “an old white woman got on the train and immediately pointed at me and told me to correct how I was sitting.” He says he refused and subsequently was “pulled off, handcuffed, and detained” by...
404 MediaOn Monday 404 Media filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the agency publish its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware that can remotely break into mobile...
McSweeney’sAnd I will say there are parts of the world that don’t take Tylenol. I mean, there’s a rumor, and I don’t know if it’s so or not, that Cuba, they don’t have Tylenol, because they don&
GuardianThe new law aims to boost public trust in law enforcement and stop people from impersonating officers to commit crimes, supporters said.Great idea in theory, but has me worried about federal agents purposely disobeying. Not sure...
Letters from an AmericanThis weekend, Dan Frosch, Patrick Thomas, and Andrea Peterson of the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending its annual report on household food security. Those reports began...
DefectorThat Johnson eventually chose the Bears sent a clear signal: This is the job he wanted above all others, one that would allow him to prove himself against his old team and division rivals and establish himself as a top head coach...
Daddy's home! Someone seriously needs to scoop him up and let him do this kind of stuff again once he's loose from CBS. Hopefully Paramount doesn't own all of the IP related to The Colbert Report... 0:00 /4:44 1× Source
TLDRI'm putting a feeler out there to see if anyone is interested in joining TIV as a fellow linkblogger and helping me turn this into a collective of like-minded linkblogging individuals.BackgroundThe way I've viewed the site is...
FT“With God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks and make America safe again...